Information Is Beautiful

Information is Beautiful focuses on helping people understand the world through visuals and graphics. Our goal is to simplify, explain, and clarify complex information. Every visualization we create is grounded in verified facts and data, which we regularly update and refine.

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The A24 Movie Browser — Information is Beautiful

Oct 31, 2023 | informationisbeautiful.net | David McCandless

Just a little explorer, an oeuvrexplorer if you like, for A24 – one of our favourite movie studios. They released Everything, Everywhere, All at Once and many others you may have liked / seen (MidSommar, Under the Skin, Ex Machina, Moonlight). We’ve fitted the interactive with a Rotten Tomatoes audience and critics slider, so you can use the viz to decide which cinematic treat to pluck next from their selection box. » See the visualisation» Explore the data
Exploring the Depths of Buddhist Thought: An Infographic Guide — Information is Beautiful

Oct 6, 2023 | informationisbeautiful.net | David McCandless

An infographical flyover of key Buddhist thought, detailing notions of enlightenment, higher states of consciousness and the principle of ‘dependent origination‘. Originally created in 2014 for my book, Knowledge is Beautiful, this infographic was part of my personal exploration of meditation (which often leads to Buddhist mind-training techniques). And a reflection of the book’s theme: visualising “knowledge” beyond typical Western definitions.
The Information is Beautiful Awards 2023 – Entries Open — Information is Beautiful

Aug 4, 2023 | informationisbeautiful.net | David McCandless

Our yearly celebration of the best infographics and data-visualisations from around the world is back for 2023! Now in its tenth year and...
Guess what % of plastics have been #recycled? No prizes :( — Information is Beautiful

Jul 31, 2023 | informationisbeautiful.net | David McCandless

The properties that make plastics so versatile and useful – their strength, durability, flexibility – also make them difficult or impossible for nature to fully assimilate – or to recycle. » See the graphicPart of a forthcoming series of graphics on ‘The Problem with Plastics’ taken from our book Beautiful News
What are UFOs or UAPs? 37 theories. One infographic. — Information is Beautiful

Jul 28, 2023 | informationisbeautiful.net | David McCandless

UFOS (or UAPs Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) are all over the news. But what are they? Extra terrestrials? Intra-terrestrials? Inter-dimensionals? Weather-balloons? Sundogs? Enemy drones? Secret military tech? Or something even stranger‚Ä¶? Check out an infographic summary of all the major theories, from ordinary to out-thereThe truth is in there. Maybe‚Ä¶
Where Do All the People Live? — Information is Beautiful

May 25, 2023 | informationisbeautiful.net | David McCandless

The latest United Nations’ estimates show India overtaking China as the world’s most populous country. » See this ‘Voronoi’ visualisation of the World’s Most Populous Nations» Check the data
The Non-Silence of the LLMs — Information is Beautiful

May 16, 2023 | informationisbeautiful.net | David McCandless

AI is getting very chatty! Here’s a visualisation charting the rise of Large Language Models like GPT4, LaMDA, LLaMa, PaLM and their bots like ChatGPT. There’s also a revealing little data-story that arises when you plot all the LLMs.» See the visualisation» Explore the data
New dates for our ‘Create Impactful Infographic’ seminars — Information is Beautiful

Mar 17, 2023 | informationisbeautiful.net | David McCandless

New dates for our fun online intensivesLearn how to turn numbers, ideas & data into beautiful charts, graphics & stories. Next dates: » Wed Mar 22nd 2023 – Australia timezone» Tue Mar 28th – US timezone» Wed Jun 14th – UK / EU timezoneThese trainings are a technicolour mix of lecture, exercises, discussion & techniques, hosted by IIB founder and author, David McCandless.
The Winners of the World Dataviz Prize 2023 — Information is Beautiful

Feb 15, 2023 | informationisbeautiful.net | David McCandless

The results are in! After combing through hundreds of impressive, insightful and inventive entries, we’re proud to announce the winners of the World Data Visualization Prize 2023. Conducted in partnership with the World Government Summit, the competition this year focuses on the past, present and future of society and governments. We asked entrants to use the power of data-visualization to illuminate data on the innovations, decisions and metrics that can be used to drive and measure progress.
World Dataviz Prize: The ShortList — Information is Beautiful

Feb 10, 2023 | informationisbeautiful.net | David McCandless

After much agonising judging, we are proud to announce the shortlist for this year’s World Dataviz Prize. » Check out the visualisationsWe cannot stress enough the high quality of the entries. So many beautiful, creative and technically accomplished pieces of work. We wish we could feature them all. (In fact, we probably will create a single gallery of all the work once the winner has been announced). Thank you to our sterling panel of judges for their time and attention.